I Don't Quite Understand Malin Akerman

Malin Akerman.

Most of you know her.

You just don't know you know her.

So here's her Wikipedia page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malin_Akerman

I don't quite understand her.

Perhaps I should say, I don't quite understand her career.

I understand that she's a person, an actress, very pretty, and seemingly a nice girl.

That being said, I don't understand her.

Let's track her career, then maybe you'll understand--or rather, maybe you won't.

She was born in Sweden, moved to Canada at age two, and did then a lot of small-time appearances on television shows and movies.

Then she got her break playing Juna in "The Comeback."

Here's where things get tricky--Yes, I know, things are tricky already.

She was cast as Juna, a bad actress on a sitcom who clearly is only working because she's pretty.

The show ended, then Akerman proceeded to get work...

...where she proved herself to be a bad actress...

...who only gets work because she's pretty...

Do you see my point?

She's a walking self-fulfilling prophecy.

I realize that Hollywood isn't just one person, but if it was, it would be as if "Hollywood" was actually mocking itself for casting people like Akerman and then continued to cast her, thereby making itself a giant black hole of post-modernism.

Or maybe I'm making too big a deal about this.

Just a thought.